Players of the Week: Week 9

Hitter of the Week:
Colby Rasmus went from ice cold (.226, 1 HR, 9 RBI in May) to smoking hot in the blink of an eye. He hit .500 (11-22) with 3 HR, 9 RBI, 8 R and 1 SB for the week. The home runs tied him for fourth (Troy Glaus led the league with 4). He was one off the RBI lead (three players tied with 10). He was tied for third in runs scored (Michael Bourn scored 11). It was just a great week all around.

I may as well just hand this award to Ubaldo Jimenez every week and call it a day. Shocking that he won both of his starts with a 1.125 ERA (he actually gave up a run, which is a mild surprise) and 0.94 WHIP. Just throw in 17 Ks, tying him for the lead league, and it was an easy decision.

Keith, if he had thrown a perfect game then maybe things would be different, but he didn’t. If he should have or not, that’s a different story, but what actually happened was a 1 hit shutout. To me, Jimenez’ week was more impressive and more useful for fantasy owners.